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adjectiveadverbnounverb He had short curly hair. 他有一头短鬈发。 a short walk短距离步行 a short skirt短裙 She was short and dumpy. 她又矮又胖。 I'm going to France for a short break. 我打算去法国度个短假。 Which is the shortest day of the year? 一年中哪一天最短？ a short book (= taking a short time to read, because it does not have many pages)一本小书 She has a very short memory (= remembers only things that have happened recently). 她的记性很差。 (informal) Life's too short to sit around moping. 人生苦短，不能整天坐在那儿自寻烦恼。 It was all over in a relatively short space of time. 不一会儿工夫就完全结束了。 Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country. 短短两年前，他还是全国最优秀的运动员。 I'm afraid I'm a little short (= of money) this month. 这个月我恐怕手头有点紧。 She is not short of excuses when things go wrong. 事情出了差错，她老有借口。 He was a big strapping guy but short on brains. 他五大三粗，但头脑简单。 Money was short at that time. 那时候，钱紧缺。 Her last throw was only three centimetres short of the world record. 她的最后一掷距世界纪录只差三厘米。 The team was five players short. 球队还缺五名球员。 She was just short of her 90th birthday when she died. 她去世时就快过 90 岁生日了。 a fat man, always short of breath Call me Jo—it's short for Joanna. 叫我乔好了，这是乔安娜的简称。 file transfer protocol or FTP for shortfile transfer protocol（文件传输协议）或简称 FTP I'm sorry I was short with you earlier—I had other things on my mind. 对不起，我刚才怠慢你了，我脑子里在想别的事。 Compare the short vowel in ‘full’ and the long vowel in ‘fool’. 比较 full 中的短元音和 fool 中的长元音。 This was the best room we could get at such short notice. 这是我们临时能弄到的最好的房间了。 You must be ready to leave at a moment's notice. 你必须随时准备出发。 We experienced the full measure of their hospitality. 我们领受了他们十足的盛情。 The concert only lasted an hour, so we felt we were getting short measure. 音乐会仅仅持续了一个小时，让我们有一种缺斤少两的感觉。 You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your teenager. 对付十几岁的半大孩子，你可能动不动就会生气。 Such a development seems unlikely, at least in the short term (= it will not happen for quite a long time).发生这样的情况看来可能性不大，起码短期之内应当如此。 In the longer term, children of depressed mothers are more likely to suffer from childhood depression. In the short run, unemployment may fall. 从短期来看，失业率可能降低。 Basic foodstuffs were in short supply. 基本食物紧缺。 Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast. 西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。 Last year's figures were little short of disastrous. 去年的数字简直是灾难。 The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle. 这种转化堪称奇迹。 Liverpool made short work of the opposition (= in a football/ soccer game). 利物浦队干净利落地击败了对手。 He made short work of his lunch (= ate it quickly). 他三下两下吃完午饭。 We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet. 我们时间不多，我就长话短说吧。 To cut a long story short, we didn’t get home until 3 in the morning! His performance was woefully short of conviction. If space is really short, that door can be moved. It was all over in a relatively short space of time. 不一会儿工夫就完全结束了。 Mike was a bit short of cash just then. Our team was one player short. Safe drinking water is in desperately short supply. Sorry I was a bit short with you earlier. The days are getting shorter and shorter. The interview was mercifully short. The working week is getting shorter and shorter. United looked woefully short of menace in attack. We’re getting short of funds. a relatively short distance of 50 to 100 miles a young woman whose life was cut tragically short Call me Jo—it’s short for Joanna. 叫我乔好了，这是乔安娜的简称。 He felt his time was running short. He was a short, fat little man. He was too short to be admitted into the army. I’m going to France next week for a short break. I’m slightly shorter than you. I’ve only read the shorter version of the report. It’s quite a short book. Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country. 短短两年前，他还是全国最优秀的运动员。 Life’s too short to sit around moping. 人生苦短，不能整天坐在那儿自寻烦恼。 Money was pretty short at that time. She has a very short memory. 她的记性很差。 Sheila waved her short stubby arms in the air. The little boy ran as fast as his short legs could carry him. The short answer to your query is that he has acted completely illegally. Try to keep your sentences short. What did he look like? Was he dark or fair? Tall or short? When food was short they used to pick berries in the woods. file transfer protocol or FTP for shortfile transfer protocol（文件传输协议）或简称 FTP I'd never let you go short of anything. 我什么都不会让你缺的。 Mothers regularly go short of food to ensure their children have enough. 为了保证自己的孩子吃饱饭，做母亲的经常忍饥挨饿。 They had run short of (= used most of their supply of) fuel. 他们燃料不够用了。 All too often you pitch the ball short. 你投球老是距离不够。 a career tragically cut short by illness因病不幸中断的事业 I'm afraid I'm going to have to stop you short there, as time is running out. 时间快到了，恐怕我得就此打断你了。 The hotel fell far short of their expectations. 旅馆远没有他们预期的那么好。 I was brought up short by a terrible thought. 一个可怕的念头闪过，我一下子愣住了。 Short of a miracle, we're certain to lose. 除非发生奇迹，否则我们输定了。 Short of asking her to leave (= and we don't want to do that) there's not a lot we can do about the situation. 要是不请她走，我们也就没有多少办法应付这种局面了。 He stopped short when he heard his name. 听见有人喊他的名字，他突然停住了。 ‘I’m pregnant,’ she said. That stopped him short. She stopped short of calling the president a liar. 她差一点儿没说总统是骗子。 The protest stopped short of a violent confrontation. His novels belong to a great but vanished age. They are, in short, old-fashioned. 他的小说属于一个辉煌但已逝去的时代。一句话，已经过时了。 |